WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Episode 10 of Ikebukuro West Gate Park, “Beastly Reunion,” now streaming on Funimation. An eye for an eye: The law of retaliation that states …
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The Saiyans are the Dragon Ball universe’s powerful race of space warriors, equipped with adaptive physiology and a warrior’s drive to propel them to unbelievable heights of combat strength, despite their …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 23 of Fire Force, “Firecat,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. Fire Force‘s Tamaki Kotatsu’s third-generation ability, Nekomata, gives her a high heat resistance in …
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Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli have often drawn from Western literature when crafting their own masterful anime films. This holiday season, official Studio Ghibli art based on The Nutcracker has …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Rent-A-Girlfriend, now streaming on Crunchyroll. Kazuya Kinoshita, the utterly hapless protagonist of Rent-A-Girlfriend, starts the series by getting dumped by his …
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Neon Genesis Evangelion featured some of the most lethal mecha ever imagined. The Evangelion Units are more like animals than mechs, being bio-organic lifeforms contained underneath plates of armor. Barely …
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Wandering Witch, now streaming on Funimation. Episode 9 of Wandering Witch is one of the more controversial anime episodes in recent years, the …
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Double-page color spreads show off a normally black-and-white manga’s characters and world with the addition of color. Color spreads are used sparingly, as producing them amidst a weekly schedule for …
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WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Season 3, Episode 10, “Invisible | Forced Breakthrough,” now streaming on Crunchyroll. …
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In Tite Kubo’s Bleach, many characters endured hard upbringings or personal tragedy, and these moments fundamentally changed them. Among the Soul Reapers, for example, Captain Byakuya Kuchiki was introduced as a …